Captain Grey

After his father and sister are killed in a pirate raid on the city of Philadelphia, Kevin Cartwright is kidnapped and made to work alongside the other inhabitants of the evil Captain Grey's "colony". Kevin has no family now, so even if he did escape he would face only two options... dying slowly in an orphanage or dying quickly on the streets. He decides to bide his time as the "ships boy" of the crew and dream of ways to escape. But he have found his calling in the adventures of being a pirate. Can he find his way in the new life he has chosen? But first, he has to take his revenge on the man who killed his honest family... what will happen next?

Eona

The sequel to the book Eon, about a girl warrior masquerading as a boy in ancient Asia, then chosen to be a Dragoneye, the highest rank below Emperor in the land, this book is about Eona's story after the truth that instead of being Lord Eon, she is Lady Eona. The High Lord Sethon, taking advantage of the uproar following her confession, has seized the Empire, slaughtered the Emperor and his wife and killed all of the rightful heirs... except the crown prince, who has managed to escape to the mountains bordering the land. Rumor is that the prince and rightful Emperor is slowly building a resistance force against the false king, and Eona wants to join it. Since the other ten Dragoneyes were killed the night of the takeover, she now has the power of eleven god-like dragons at her command. This makes her a great tool for the resistance... but also a great tool to destroy anyone who crosses Sethon. With the Empires soldiers hunting her and her friends night and day, the journey to mountains is proving difficult and dangerous. For what no one knows is that Eona can not control her new found power... and that she's far more likely to accidentally kill everyone in the Empire than bring down a corrupt Emperor.

All The Lovely Bad Ones

This book is about two kids by the name of Corey and Travis. They've always considered themselves bad, and have tried to live up to the idea by playing as many tricks as possible. But when their exasperated parents send them to visit their grandmothers ancient Victorian inn in rural Vermont, one of their classic pranks turns into something very real. The inn is supposed to be haunted and every year, lots of ghost hunting enthusiasts come in search of ghosts. Corey and Travis decide to play ghosts to the fear and delight of their fellow guests, but their antics awaken real ghosts... the true bad ones. Killed by the wicked supervisor of the inn back when it was a poor house, the boys spirits still haunt the inn today, causing mischief and playing tricks on unsuspecting guests. Now that the supervisor has awoken, the boys and Corey and Travis are in grave danger. They must get rid of the evil ghost... before they become ghosts themselves.

Cat on the Scent

By Rita Mae Brown and her cat Sneaky Pie Brown (supposedly), this book is one of many in a series starring Mrs. Murphy, Pewter and Tucker - two cats and a dog living in the tiny town of Crozet, Virginia. Their owner, Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen. The cats and dog usually solve murders that have occurred in the small town (a lot seem to happen over the years) then try to make so that the humans can understand what's happened and catch the murderer. This particular book is about the local Civil War reenactment that's taken over the whole town. Everyone's trying to outdo their neighbors by being the most authentic and realistic... until someone is very realistically shot in the back. That combined with a local wild child's mysterious dissappearence has the local sheriff and deputy on the hunt. But curiousity killed the cat, and Mrs. Murphy can't resist trying to solve the killing.

The Witches of Friars Lantern

By Sandra Forrester, this is a book that meant for an age range of 8-12 years old. I say meant for. Which means that basically it's good for anybody. It's about a girl named Beatrice Bailey. She has to break a spell created by Dally Rumpe, an evil sorcerer whose taken over the world. There are five books in this series, and this is the second one. It's a decent book, not extremely good, but not very bad either. It's like the peanut butter in a peanut butter and fluff sandwich. It's just there so it can be called a peanut butter and fluff sandwich, not a fluff sandwich, because then we can fool ourselves into thinking that it's not that bad for us. It's just a there book that you might as well read because it's there.

Secret Army

If you like Britain, history, spies and books where the main characters are teenagers, you'll like this book. Set in 1941, England is in war. After several desperate attempts to win the war against the Nazis, the government has finally decided to give Charles Henderson, a man not supposed to exist, a chance. A top British spy, only a few months earlier, his entire operation was compromised by a group of teenage children. His life was then saved by these same children, along with an incredible victory for Britain at the hands of the latter. Now, back in the world of pompous bureaucrats and crooked politicians whose most realistic experience with war is sitting in stuffy meetings while an officer covered in glittering medals announces war tactics that seem to be in a different language, Henderson's last chance to promote his idea of using child spies rests on one man. A particularly pretentious administrator,  Air Vice Marshall Walker married into his position and has accumulated a deep and abiding hatred for Henderson over the years, which began when Henderson punched him so hard he was in the hospital for two days. Now, it's up to PT, Rosie, Marc, Troy, Paul and Joel to save the beginnings of CHERUB (Charles Henderson's Espionage Research Unit B) before the malicious Walker brings the group crashing to the ground.

The Battle of the Labyrinth

The fourth book in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, this book is all about Percy, Annabeth and Grovers adventures and experiences within the fabled Labyrinth from the Ancient Greek myths. Luke, the  demigod who has turned against his father and Olympus in favor of the evil Titans, has been trying to use the Labyrinth to gain access into the well protected Camp Half Blood. Once in the Labyrinth, the kids soon discover secrets, facts and betrayals between and about one another. If they survive the Labyrinth, they'll save the gods and the world... but will they be able to save one another?

The Last Olympian

The Last Olympian is the last book in the world renowned series by Rick Riordan. It is a great ending to the series, full of action and effectively ends all of tiny mysteries that have cropped up through out the series. I really like this book, although it's slightly darker and more serious than the others before it. It's the final stage of the battle between the gods and the Titans, and it's anyones war. Plus, does Camp Half Blood have a traitor in it's midst? Dun dun dun...

Pendragon: The Reality Bug

Book four in the series, this book is about Bobby Pendragon's journey the the world Veelox, a territory completely dependent on technology. Right now, Veelox is in trouble. A game called Lifelight has been invented, and every inhabitant in Veelox has been addicted to it. It's like living you life, but perfectly. Everything happens the way you want it to. You lie down, push a button and enter the virtual world. The only issue is people aren't leaving. Citizens have stayed in the game for as long as a year, abandoning reality. Bobby Pendragon's supposed to stop it... but what if the cure turns out to be the final factor in bringing down Veelox?

The Lost Hero

The first in the new series by Rick Riordan called the heroes of Olympus, this is an absolutely awesome, fantastic, amazing, remarkable, spectacular, marvelous, wonderful, stupendous, stunning and superb book. Really. Honest to whatever-your-religion-is. So I highly recommend it. It's super funny, and it's a whole new catastrophe this time with a whole new cast of interesting characters. The only thing I dislike about the book is it's evident lack of Percy Jackson. They mention his name though, but you spend the whole time worrying about him as you read the book becasue apparently, he's MIA...missing in action.

Divine Madness

This is a book in the bestselling British series CHERUB. The series is based on a group of children that the government funds and sends on missions all around the world. They're trained in martial arts, weapon handling, espionage, computer skills and trickery. There are lots of CHERUB agents, but the series mainly follows James Adams, his younger sister Lauren Adams and their group of close friends. This particular book is when CHERUB discovers a link between eco-terrorist group Help Earth and a wealthy religious cult known as the Survivors, James, Lauren and a new agent named Dana are sent to Austraila on an infiltration mission. It's one of the toughest missions so far. The Survivors outback headquarters are completely isolated, and the cult's brainwashing techniques mean that the kids are under massive pressure to conform. This is an excellent series and a great book.

The Host

By Stephanie Meyer, I swear on the Bible, this is nothing like the Twilight series. Honest. This is about the world being taken over by aliens. They are small, very small, around three inches long and are silver. They kind of resemble ribbons with eyes. Anyway, they take over by being implanted in a persons neck, and then just taking over that persons body. This sounds evil, but it's not. I mean, I wouldn't want it to happen to me, but the Souls, as they are called, a very kind, gentle people. They don't lie, cheat or steal. There's no crime and if you need something, clothes, food, a house, whatever, you can just go and take it. No charge. This is about a soul named Wanderer. She is relatively famous, having lived on 9 worlds (the Souls have taken over other worlds besides Earth) and is put inside a recently captured rebel human named Melanie. At first, Melanie hates Wanderer, and Wanderer is not that fond of Melanie, but because she is a soul, and a naturally kind and gentle person, tolerates the voice screaming in her head. But then Melanie accidentally shows Wanderer a family, a man and a boy and Melanie. The boy is Jamie, Melanie's kid brother, and the man is Jared, Melanie's kind-of-maybe-wants-it-to-be-boyfriend. After seeing them, Wanderer sets off to find them, with Melanie giving her instruction all the way. But once she gets to the place, Wanderers story is just beginning...and it's painful. Really good book, you should read it.

Divergent

This is a really good read...if your into the whole future America in shambles, people rebelling, lots of blood kind of thing. Think The Hunger Games. It's almost exactly like that, except there's no government in control, just different factions fighting amongst themselves. There are five different factions after wars nearly destroyed the world. One faction blames the lack of knowledge for the war, another blames cowardliness, one blames selfishness, yet another says it's because people lied so much, and one just blames hatred. The main character, Beatrice, who is from Abegnation, the faction the blames selfishness, switches to Dauntless, the faction the blames cowardliness, when she reaches the age of 16 and is able to choose what faction she wants to be in. The only issue is, she's Divergent, which means according to her aptitude tests she takes to see which faction she would fit in with the best, she could have been equally happy in three different factions. That doesn't sound so bad, except when one faction suddenly makes a move to wipe out another and become the rulers over all of the factions, Beatrice (or Tris, as she likes to be called) is the only one that isn't affected by their mind control. Which means that she's the only one who can save all of the factions. But she has to sacrifice something to do that...

Pendragon: The Rivers of Zadaa

As strange as the title sounds, this book (the sixth in a series) is actually rather good. The series is all about a boy named Bobby Pendragon who is a Traveler, which means he can travel between dimensions to help the people and creatures that live there. Bobby's greatest enemy, the thing that threatens the what ties all of the universes together, is jumping from world to world, trying to take over each one or destroy it. His name is Saint Dane (ironic, right?). In this book, Bobby is in Zadaa, a dry and dusty land where the population consists of menacing warriors. His friend, Loor, called him to the world when two tribes, the Rokador  and the Batu are on the verge of war. Saint Dane has somehow caused all of the water in the land to dry up and disappear, and each tribe blames the other. Now Bobby must hunt down Saint Dane once and for all... or risk another world falling to Saint Danes evil influence.